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Well, my goal of books for the year was 30 because I figured that with a new baby, I'd be too busy to read, but I'm around 70 for 2021! Thankfully, between the road trips, nursing, setting my timer for 15 minute reading sessions, and just taking relaxing baths a lot of evenings, I have been getting some good reading time in. There are too many favorites to select just a few!
Here is the list of books, I may have forgotten one or two, but I tried to keep track well. I denoted the books I'd recommend (and read again) with an asterisk. I have a pretty wide variety of books I enjoy, with varying levels of intensity, language, etc. If you have a question about a certain book, ask me!
Spiritual / Growth
- Fighting Forward by Hannah Brencher*
- Chasing Slow: Courage to Journey Off the Beaten Path by Erin Loechner*
- Looking for Lovely by Annie F. Downs
- Complement by Aaron and Jamie Ivey*
- The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi*
- Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep by Tish Harrison Warren*
- Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May*
- Being with God: The Absurdity, Necessity, and Neurology of Contempletive Prayer by A.J. Sherrill*
- Invited: The Power of Hospitality in an Age of Loneliness by Leslie Verner*
- How to Raise a Wild Child by Scott D. Sampson*
- Adventuring Together by Greta Eskridge*
- Satisfied by Alyssa Joy Bethke*
- Take Back Your Family by Jefferson Bethke*
- Nurture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood—and Trusting Yourself and Your Body by Erica Chidi Cohen*
- There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather: A Scandinavian Mom's Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids by Linda Akeson McGurk*
- The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother by Heng Ou*
- The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League*
Memoir/Biography
- Code Girls by Liza Mundy (listened to audiobook -- so good!)*
- Walking the Nile by Levison Woods*
- Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley*
- How Far You Have Come by Morgan Harper Nichols (poetry)*
- Dusk Night Dawn by Anne Lamott*
- Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated by Alison Arngrim* (I liked this book, but there was some fairly explicit sexual abuse mentioned in it.)
- Freedom by Sebastian Junger*
- There and Back Again by Sean Astin
- The Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harmon* (Historical)
- The Reluctant Midwife by Patricia Harmon* (Historical)
- No One Ever Asked by Katie Ganshert* (drama)
Young Adult
- Birchbark House series (5 books) by Louise Erdrich*
- Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle*
- Pudge and Prejudice by A.K. Pittman
- The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery*
- The One Thing You'd Save by Linda Sue Park
- Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Duryea*
Chick-Lit / Novels
- The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand
- Majesty by Katharine McGee*
- Winter Solstice by Elin Hilderbrand
- The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs
- Sweet Magnolia Series (books 3-11) by Sherryl Woods
- Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner
- The Happy Camper by Melody Carlson
- Bank Street Series (books 3-6) by Brooke St. James
- Love Your Life by Sophie Kinsella*
- The Bookstore on the Beach by Brenda Novak
- The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
- The Island by Elin Hilderbrand*
- People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry*
- Talk Bookish to Me by Kate Bromley
- Sweet Right Here by Jenny B. Jones*
- 86 Bloomberg Place Series (4 books) by Melody Carlson*
- The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary
- Beach Read by Emily Henry
- Breaking Free From Body Shame by Jess Connolly*
- Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky*
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